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nobble
[ nob-uhl ]
verb (used with object)
, British Slang.
, nob·bled, nob·bling.
- to drug or disable (a race horse) to prevent its winning a race.
- to convince (a person) by fraudulent methods; misrepresent or lie to.
- to swindle; defraud.
- to seize (a person); hold for arrest.
nobble
/ ˈnɒbəl /
verb
- to disable (a racehorse), esp with drugs
- to win over or outwit (a person) by underhand means
- to suborn (a person, esp a juror) by threats, bribery, etc
- to steal; filch
- to get hold of; grab
- to kidnap
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Derived Forms
- ˈnobbler, noun
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Other Words From
- nobbler noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of nobble1
First recorded in 1840–50; back formation from nobbler, variant of hobbler ( def ) (dialectal phrase an 'obbler being taken as a nobbler )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of nobble1
C19: back formation from nobbler, from false division of an hobbler (one who hobbles horses) as a nobbler
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Example Sentences
I allus said any fool can be a smith but it takes a good man to nobble.
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The son did not write from Melbourne, nor from Nobble,—nor from Ahalala till gold had been found.
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His luggage was all right in the warehouse, and he arranged that it should be sent down to Nobble.
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You once nobble that, congregation, and a buck joyride to heaven becomes a back number.
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Dick told him that they had heard of that very successful mining enterprise since their arrival at Nobble.
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